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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It is mostly level, with 145 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 144 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74683, -70.57661
Nearest town Bourne, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

10.1 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Elevation 11–143 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.74683, -70.57661

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  5. 3.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Bayview Road, heading S.
  8. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Runway, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Bayview Road, heading S.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading N.
  17. 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

72% paved7% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:00 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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